Apparatus for disposition of garbage, sludge, and other like substances.



A R. w AMOS. APPARATUS ron DISPOSITION OF GARBAGE, SLUDGE, AND OTHER LIKE SUBSTANCES.

APPLICATION mm FEB. 15.!9l2. 1,188,382, A V j M PatentedJune 27, 1916.

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. I W M R. W. AMOS.

APPARATUS FOR DISPOSITION OF GARBAGE, SLUDGE, AND OTHER LIKE SUBSTANCES. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 15. 1912.

1,188,382. PatentedJunW, 1916.

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R. W. AMOS. APPARATUS FOR DISPOSITIONOF GARBAGE, SLU-DGE, AND OTHER'LIKE SUBSTANCES.

. APPLICATION'FILED FEB. 15. m2 I 1,188,382. PatentedJune 27,1916.

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- R. w. AMOS. APPARATUS FOR DISPOSITION OF GARBAGE, SLUDGE, AND OTHER LIKE SUBSTANCES.

APPLICATION FILED FEB-15.19I2.

1 ,1 88,382. Patented June 27, 1916.

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Ml I/E/IITOI? BY J J nrcnmnw. mos, for nncxnnshcx, new JERSEY, ASSIGNOR -'ro mm'nnrum rrcn'rrou conrm, A conronnrronor new YORK.

, .arrannrus FOR nr srosrri'on FcABBAGEQsLuDG nun o'rrrEn'LIKE sunszraivcns.

- 1,188,382 1 I specrflcation of Letters Ifateht. Patented Jun' 27 1'1916' Application meu'retmary 15,1912. -Seria11i'o.677,829.' 1

. To all whom it may concern: j I respectively above and below such plate, 'a-

Be-it known that I,.R1cHA RD -W. 'AMos, a suitable agent, such as lime, superimposed citizen of the United States, and a resident on such plate in the filter chamber to fix' or of Hackensack, in thecpunty of Bergenand absorb the phosphoric acid and S'wa sh the State'of New Jersey, have invented certain ammonia vapors; means connected with the new and useful'Improvements in Apparatus chamber below the perforated plate for for Disposition of Garbage, Sludge; and. drawing off the'easily. condensed alcoholic a other like Substances; of which the follow liquors; means above the-said plate'for coning is a specification. ducting the annnonia vapors to a condensing 1 0 his invention relates to improvements in 0011-; a condenslng coil therefor and a comapparatus for the disposition" of garbage, partment heated by the heat of the hot vapor sludge and other like substances. v conducting plpe to'fix the resultant'ammonim By the,use of my improved apparatus, I liquors. Furthermore my preferred formof am enabled first to rapidly and effectively apparatus embodies what I shall term a 15. heat and agitate a suitable charge of mate smoke consuming device for filtering the .70

' rial, consisting of garbage, night soil, sludge products of combustion through water to I or other like substance, to drive off the volaeliminateany smell remaining and to pro-.

tile vapor contents, then in one compartment cu e the 3. 1 and other ntent to-condense the alcohol'in such vapors by and comnrises a compartment having com- 20 filterin the lighter vapors of ammonia; then municatingmletand outlet chambers comto con ense the ammonia liquors and simul-' municating respectively w1th the chimney, taneously to fix oncrystallize suchammoniand the outer atmosphere, the communicatum liquors and: evaporate the unnecessary ing channel between such chambers being water, utilizing the-heat .of'the hot vaporthrough an openlng in a dividingpartition" '25 conducting pipe for this 'purposewhich is which extends to a pomt contlguous to the so. branched to form a radiator within the crys-i floorof .thecompartment, water" or other j talliz'ing and evaporating compartment; -\si1itable-liquid fi ltermg'agentbathmg the then after all the volatile substances are floor and .a'portion of-the 'walls, of both 1 driven oiL -the charge may be burned and chambers so as to obstruct the communicat so the products of combustion compelled to fil ing channel; a horizontal shaft extendmg g5 ter through water to eliminate smell and the within the inl t chamber, afan mounted deposited carbon and other ingredients may thereon for sucking the smoke into the inbe utilized in the commercial production'of let chamber and 'a splashing wheel also coloring matter at a comparatively low exmounted onisaid shaft and extending into 35 pense. 4 r the water for driving'the'smoke into such In the preferred embodiment ofmy in-' water or other liquid. 'vention, I provide a suitable tank or retort In the accompanying drawings; in which intowhicha suitable charge of material, consimilar reference characters designate corsisting 0t garbage, night soil, sludge or other responding parts. throughout the several A 40 like substance may be lntroduced; means for views, Figure 1 is anside elevation of appa- I -a gitating the charge comprisinga series of. ratus embodying m invention; Fig. 11S a. v

. mounted onra shaft extendin"flongitudinally 'tion of the furnace illustrated in Fig. 1;

through thetank; means or heating the Fig. .1" is aside elevationpartly in section v 5 charge to drive ofli' the vapors of alcohol, amof the condensing coil and catch basin il1us 10 mon'la'and phosphoric acid, comprisinga'fun trated in Fig.1; Fig. 2 is. an enlarged 'secnace of the-usual type and flues bathinggthe -tional view of my separating'box'; Fig. 3 is major portion of the entire surface of the an enlarged longitudinal section of my comtank; .a' hot vapor-conducting pipe connected bined' evaporating and crystallizing comand rir ovided with aperforated plate located ticalsection of my smoke consuming device; betweenrthe upper and lower edges thereof Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on the line 3 so as to divide the 1002i into what I shall term of Fig. 5; and g. 7 is a vertical section on 55 filtering and condensing chambers, located the line7.'7 of Fig. '3 1 no 4 arms, each triangular-1n crossfsectmn, longitudinal section through the upper por- 50 to the tank; a separating" reservoir or bnx partment; Fig. 4 is a crosssection on the line connected to the hot-vapor-conducting pipe i -4 of Fig. 3; Fig. .5 is a longitudinal'ver- Referring now to these drawings "A designates a tank suitably supported over a fur nace B. As illustrated, the tank is suitably supported to provide a rearw'ardly extending horizontal flue C, which with the furnace proper bathes the entire lower surface of thetank, a Vertical flue C bathing the rear end of the tank and two forwardly extending flues (1C which bathe the major portion of,,the upper surface'oft-he tank, the last-mentioned flues communicat ing at their forward end with a chimney D which is provided at its outlet end with what.

I have termed a"sn1oke consumingdev'ice hereinafter more particularly described.

The tank A is provided with a longitudinally-extending and Centrally located shaft a to which is fixed a series of agitating arms 0/ each being triangular in'cross-section and preferably mounted upon the shaft a to present the apex of the triangular arms to the material during revolution. The apparatus thus far described is in all respects ,similar to that described in Letters Patent No. 965,058, issued tome July 19th, 1910. I o

Asuitable charge of garbage, sludge or night soil is introduced into the .tank A,

I .through the charging opening A which charge is preferably treated with lime and nitrate salts comprising the refuse; of g unpowder works and composed chiefly of sodium chlo'rid, sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate' and potassium sulfate, these two ingredients being mixed together inthe proportion ofapproximately sevento one and being mixed with the charge in the propor-- tion of approximately twenty-five pounds of such ingredients "to a ton. of charge' By heating to a temperature of approximately 225 F. and agitating 'a charge the base of which, forexample, is garbage or sludge, theivapors arising therefrom will contain alcohol, phosphoric acid and ammonia liquors andI provide novel apparatus for separating out the. alcohol, absor ing the phosphoric acid with a suitable co bining agent such as lime by compelling the same to filter through a suitable bed thereof, condensing the residual ammonia liquors and then simultaneously evaporating and crys tallizing; the same, and utilizing the heat of the vapor-conducting pipe for this purpose, which apparatus Iwill now' describe.

Communicating with ,the rear end, of the tank is a pipe F leading to what Ishall term a separating box G. The box Gris provided intermediate its upper I and lower from the charge into this boxbeneath the 113 1 G, where the alcoholic liquors. are

edges with-a perforated'plateG dividing the box intowhat I shall'term 'acondensing chamber Gr and a filter chamber G The pipe F conducts the volatile vapors arising condensed. A discharge pipe 9" having valve 9 communicates with chamber G below the plate G to permit the 1 readily condensed alcoholvapors to be drawn off, and suitable means of access to the chamber G such as the door 9 is pro vided. to permit a bed of lime to be super imposed upon the plate G and for-the rethe condensing moval and renewal of the same. A funnel g and pipe 9 connect the filter chamber Gr with a condensing coil H which discharges into' a reservoir H. The phosphoric-acid contents of the volatile vapors are thus absorbed or combined with the lime on-the perforated plate to form phosphate of lime and the ammonia gases filtered through thebed of lime and are conducted off to the condensing coil, condensed and stored for further treatment as hereinafter set forth. F

The apparatus thus far described is preferably located a sufficient distance above the connection between? the tank A and the vapor pipe F to. permit the liquors resulting from the condensation in the coil H to flow of the compartment I so as more effectively to heat the interior of the compartment and thus to 'evaporate unnecessary water and assist in the rapid crystallization of .ammoniumsulfate or other compound which may be used for fertilizer or other suitable purpose. .The vapors arising from the combined crystallizing and evaporating compartment I pass off through funnel I, pipe I and into 'a catch basin M which, as shown, is provided with suitable means, such as the pipe m having valve m for discharging its liquid contents and also with-{a chimney fiue M for permittingthe escape 'of any portion of the vapors. which may remain uncondensed. After driving off all matter, that may be volatilized and driven off by "heating and agitation, I preferably re-' move the .charge in the tank and mix the "same with a chemical mixture, the ingredients of which are hereinafter specified, in v the proportion of'approxiinately one pound 3125 of-such mixture to twenty of material, to form a combustible material, and then burn the combustible material thus provided in the furnace to produce the heat necessary for further volatilization in the tank. To

produce the best results, the proportion of ticles .being precipitated, the soluble gases dissolved and the residue from which substantially all smell has-been elimmated-is l for tapping alcoholic liquors from the con-- the mixture employed should be varied ac.-

preferably employ are. as follows :From

twoounces to one pound of oxalic acid. One poundnitrate salts (refuse from gun.-

. powder mills composed chiefly ,of sodium chlorid, sodium nitrate, potassium nitrate.

and potassium sulfate). ,One pound? lime. One pound sulfur. Two ounces charcoal.

I amthus enabled to dispose of theientire: ill-smelling substance, and when such material is burned I findithat-the ash thereof contains a large percentage of available pot-- ash, and also a. large percentage of avail'- able phosphoric acid. When the aforesaid" combustible material is burned I preferably treattheproducts of combustion .to' eliminate any smell that may be retained therein and to procure the carbon and other soluble contents, and for this purpose, I provide a I -smoke consumer at the top of the furnace. v chimney. to filter through water such prod- 1 uctsgofcomhustionk i My preferred form ,of smoke consumer,

as shown, comprises va compartment J havnicating with the atmosphere, the chamber employ water .with the addition of a small amount of lime. As shov'vn,the liquidfiltering agent'bathes the .fl oor- J", a portion of thewalls of each chamber and extends above the edge of the communicatingcham nel or opening '7' so as to obstruct the same: and form 'a-water seal between the two chambers J and J T" and the smoke .or predcompelled' 'totravel. through th 1 naled in suitable hearings j 7'. and-j s pported by the,- walls and 'fi oor. of-thecompartment in any suitable .manner and extending within the inlet chamber. Mounted onv the shaft 7" contiguous to the inlet chanucts .ofcombustion from. the rnace B is before entering the outlet'chaniber and escaping into the atmosphere, the solid parpermitted to escape;

A In the preferred. embodiment of my 1nvention, I provide a horizontal shaft .7. ourfuel, I provide. a suitable suction device, such the'fan K and also mounted on the shaft 7" to the rear ofthe fan K, is a splashing. wheel L having a series of splashwater seal ing arms I dipping into the water or'otherliquid, the shaft being rotated by pulley rotated from any suitable source of power,

not shown. The rotation of the fan K will suck the Jproducts of combustion into the chamber and condense the same, and the splashing wheel L will drive such products through the water, the solid particles being precipitated, the'soluble gases dissolved and the residue being washed and escaping into the outlet chamber. Any suitable means (not shown) for-permitting the cleaning of the device and renewal of the water and 'lime is, of course, provided.

Having described my invention, I claim 1. In apparatus for treating garbage, the

combination with a retort and means for. heating a suitable charge of material therein; a pipe for conducting the" hot vapors --from such retort, means for condensing such "apors; and a combined evaporating and crystall-izing compartment heated by the vapor-conducting pipe.

2. In apparatus for ba a retort and means for heating a slutdisposition of zgar- I ab e charge of material therein; a pipe for conducting the hotvapors from such retorti;

means for condensing suchvapors; a combined evaporating and .crystallizing compartment'and a radiator within said combox provided with a perforated plate dividtreating garbage, the

ing the box into a condensing chamber and a filter chamber, a conducting pipe connecting the retort with the condensing chamber, means "for tapping the alcoholic liquors from the condensing chamber, a bed of suit- .hble material in the filter chamber for filterthe lighter vapors, and means connected to. thefilter chamber for collecting and condensing ammonia liquors.

4. In apparatus for treating garbage, the

combination with a suitable retort and means for heating the same, of a separating box provided with a perforated plate dividing'the boxinto a condensing chamber below said plate and a filter chamber above the same, a conducting pipe connecting the retort wlthzthe condensing chamber, means densing chamber a bed of suitable material filtering the lighter vapors, means above said superimposed bed for conducting away theresidual vapors and means for condensing such vapors.

5. In apparatus combination Withv a suitable retort and means for heating the same; of a separating box provided with a perforated plate dividing-the box into a condensing chamber be-- for i treating garbage,

low said plate and a filter chamber above the same, a vapor-conducting pipe connecting the retort with the condensing chamber,

means for tapping the condensing chamber to obtain alcoholic liquors; a bed of suitable-material superimposed on said plate for filtering thelighter vapors; vmeans for conducting away and condensing the realiguidfiltering agent obstructingthe communicating channel, a fan for sucking the smoke into the inlet chamber and a splashing Wheel for driving it into the water.

7. In'apparatus for treating garbage the combination of a suitable retort and a furnace for heating the same, a hot vapor-conducting plpe; a separating box connected to said vapor pipe provided with means for condensing the alcoholic vapors, means for filtering the lighter ammonia vapors; means for conducting such filtered vapors to a cona of combustion to obtain a dye and eliminate smell; I I

In Witness whereof, I have signed my name to the foregoing specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

RICHARD W. AMOS. Witnesses:

FR'EnERicK P'. RANDOLPH, HELEN V. HOLMES. 

